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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057470 | Integrated smoke evacuation electrosurgical pencil and method An electrosurgical pencil includes an adjustable-length suction tube which surrounds a stationary electrode to evacuate smoke and electrosurgical byproducts from a surgical site. An electrode anchor unit is located within the interior of the suction tube to allow re... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8021375 | Surgical clip applicator A surgical clip applicator for applying surgical clips to body tissue includes an elongated ram housing that has proximal and distal ends and at least partially encloses a ram. A trigger housing includes a trigger that has an open position and a closed position. The... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8005523 | Signal processing for pulse oximetry A signal processing technique for estimating the frequency of a pulsatile signal (including but not limited to pulse oximetry signals) is disclosed. Each of the functions contained within a pre-selected set of functions is compared to the input signal at many differ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7972335 | Coaptive tissue fusion method and apparatus with current derivative precursive energy termination control Biological tissue is sealed or fused to occlude an opening by compressing apposite sidewall portions of the tissue and applying sufficient energy to cause the fibers of the compressed apposed sidewall portions to intertwine and fuse with one another to form a perman... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972329 | Electrosurgical generator and method for cross-checking output power The functionality and the output power delivered are evaluated in an electrosurgical generator by calculating first and second values related to the output power delivered by using separate first and second computations. The two calculated values are compared, and a... | 07/05/2011 |
| D637288 | Surgical handpiece | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931623 | Trocar system A trocar system includes a cannula having a cannula head and a cannula tube, and an obturator having a cap and either a rounded tip or a cutting blade. The head and cap form an ergonomically shaped bulbous handle. At least a portion of an outer surface of the cannul... | 04/26/2011 |
| D626222 | Surgical handpiece | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816412 | Electrically conductive hydrogels Electrically conductive adhesive hydrogels formed from a composition which generally includes a monomer, an initiator, an organic solvent, and a cross-linking agent are suitable for use as skin contact adhesives and, particularly, suitable for use as an electrical i... | 10/19/2010 |
| D625803 | Surgical collet | 10/19/2010 |
| 7799020 | Near-instantaneous responsive closed loop control electrosurgical generator and method An electrosurgical generator has a control system formed by an array of logic gates programmed to execute mathematical algorithms for regulating at least one parameter of output power, output voltage or output current of an output electrosurgical signal in a closed ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7736358 | Electrosurgical generator and method for simulating output signals Voltage and current of an electrosurgical output signal which is conducted by a transformer are accurately simulated by executing a simulation algorithm to compensate for inherent distortion in the values of the current and voltage induced between primary and second... | 06/15/2010 |
| D616986 | Surgical smoke evacuator | 06/01/2010 |
| 7697997 | Multifunction electrode pad A multifunction electrode (MFE) pad, which includes a multi-strand conductor having one end in the form of dispersed carbon fibers, and another end adapted for connection to a defibrillation unit. A conductive substrate is in electrical communication with one end of... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7678105 | Method and apparatus for precursively controlling energy during coaptive tissue fusion A sidewall of biological tissue which surrounds and defines an opening in the tissue is sealed or fused to occlude the opening by compressing apposite sidewall portions and applying sufficient energy to cause the fibers of the compressed apposed sidewall portions to... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668604 | Packaging for medical pads and electrodes Disposable biomedical pads include a conductive outer layer with an adhesive conductive protected layer on a major portion of the outer layer, with a double-sided release layer over the protected layer. Two pads are folded against each other, with the edges sealed t... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7540871 | Integrated three-port receptacle and method for connecting hand and foot switched electrosurgical accessories A three-port receptacle connects both single-prong and three-prong electrical connectors of electrosurgical accessories to an electrosurgical generator. The receptacle includes two control ports for accepting the two control prongs of the three-prong connector and a... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7473243 | Surgical instrument seal assembly A surgical instrument valve assembly is provided with a valve seal where the upper portion of the valve seal is rigidly mounted to the body of the valve assembly. The lower portion of the valve seal is configured to allow some radial movement while the upper portion... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7344519 | Trocar system A trocar system includes a cannula having a cannula head and a cannula tube, and an obturator having a cap and either a rounded tip or a cutting blade. The head and cap form an ergonomically shaped bulbous handle. At least a portion of an outer surface of the cannul... | 03/18/2008 |
| D559387 | Cannula tube | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317954 | Virtual control of electrosurgical generator functions A virtual control panel controls the functionality of an electrosurgical generator in response to interrogating, preferably optically, an object, such as a user's finger, interacting with a control panel image as an act of control input over the functionality of the... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317955 | Virtual operating room integration A virtual control system for an operating room establishes virtual control devices to control surgical equipment and patient monitoring equipment and to display control, status and functionality information concerning the surgical equipment and condition information... | 01/08/2008 |
| D552241 | Electrosurgical generator | 10/02/2007 |
| 7235071 | Gas-assisted electrosurgical accessory connector and method with improved gas sealing and biasing for maintaining a gas tight seal Male and female mating pieces of a gas-assisted electrosurgical accessory connector are connectable together by radially contacting a sealing surface formed on one mating piece with a resilient radially-compressible sealing member carried on the other mating piece. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| D533275 | Obturator | 12/05/2006 |
| 7060035 | Signal processing method and device for signal-to-noise improvement A method and apparatus extract a signal component of a measured signal using one of two methods. If the signal component in the measured signal is a periodic signal with a certain well-defined peak-to-peak intensity value, upper and lower envelopes of the measured s... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7027850 | Signal processing method and device for signal-to-noise improvement A method and apparatus extract a signal component of a measured signal using one of two methods. If the signal component in the measured signal is a periodic signal with a certain well-defined peak-to-peak intensity value, upper and lower envelopes of the measured s... | 04/11/2006 |
| D495053 | Trocar | 08/24/2004 |
| D495054 | Cannula head | 08/24/2004 |
| 6240323 | Perforated size adjustable biomedical electrode A perforated biomedical electrode having a detachable portion which allows a clinician to remove a portion of the electrode to thereby reduce the effective contact size of the electrode, e.g., the effective surface area for adhering the electrode to the p... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5921984 | Bipolar electrosurgical instrument with coagulation feature A bipolar electrosurgical instrument for cutting and coagulating tissue is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for using the bipolar electrosurgical instrument. The instrument includes particular patterns of electrically conductive portions and electric... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5868742 | Auxiliary reference electrode and potential referencing technique for endoscopic electrosurgical instruments Non-insulated surgical instruments are referenced to the electrical potential of a patient during minimally invasive electrosurgery to prevent unintentional patient burns, should the surgical instruments become accidentally energized during the electrosur... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5824002 | Trocar-cannula device A trocar device, comprising a trocar cutting element, a surrounding insulating sheath, and a cannula surrounding the sheath, also includes an arrangement providing a substantially smooth transition between the sheath and cannula at the distal end of the c... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5695462 | Gas insufflation needle apparatus and method of use An insufflation needle apparatus which creates a pneumoperitoneum during the preparation of a patient for endoscopic surgical procedures is disclosed. The insufflation needle apparatus is characterized by a helical needle having a central helical passagew... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5637111 | Bipolar electrosurgical instrument with desiccation feature A bipolar electrosurgical instrument including four shearing members is disclosed. The shearing members are movable to an open position for grasping tissue, a closed position for desiccating tissue by application of electrical current and a cutting positi... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5626575 | Power level control apparatus for electrosurgical generators An electrosurgical generator system includes an electrosurgical handpiece including an active electrode for receiving electrosurgical power from a generator, and cut and coagulation mode switches and a foot activated switch device also including cut and c... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5609573 | Electrosurgical suction/irrigation instrument An electrosurgical device provides the electrical energy from an electrosurgical generator to an electrode for cutting, coagulation, and the like, and further provides suction and irrigation to a cannula for the electrode. The device comprises a handle as... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5599348 | Electrosurgical trocar assembly A trocar assembly includes an elongate trocar device and a surrounding cannula. The trocar device incorporates an electrosurgical cutting element which is used to make a guide hole for the cannula and thus enables the remainder of the trocar assembly to e... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5549604 | Non-Stick electroconductive amorphous silica coating The cutting surfaces of electrosurgical instruments are provided with an electroconductive coating of an inorganic silicon-containing non-stick material such as amorphous silica deposited thereon by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5520651 | Self releasing suction and irrigation apparatus and method of attachment An self-releasing suction and irrigation apparatus for providing surgical suction and irrigation to a body cavity such that, upon obstruction of the suction port by body tissue, the resulting increased vacuum pressure is automatically vented, thereby rele... | 05/28/1996 |
